scrap iron/steel prices

May 18, 2008 6 Replies

It's a good idea to keep an eye on this chaps.



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A few months ago ferrous scrap was about 4p a kilo and hardly worth selling. It's gone up 50% in the last month alone and is now about 23p a kilo. More than 1/4 of the price of aluminium. That scrap car you have lying on the drive is now worth £230 a tonne. An old car engine is worth £25 and even an old steel car wheel is about £2.



I'm keeping an eye on it for a bit before I cash in the several hundred kg of engine blocks and heads I have lying around in the workshop but at least they're worth six times what they were last year. I expect them to be worth even more next month.


On or around Sun, 18 May 2008 18:58:57 +0100, "Dave Baker" enlightened us thusly:

yeah. 's no wonder there are an increasing supply of tat-dealers coming looking for scrap.

bugger.

just when I want to buy some

The best I could get round here for a scrap mill I had last week was £160/ton - seems I got rooked compared to the prices listed. Lowest offer of three was £120/ton BTW.

Richard

A mill is classed as balling scrap and as such is worth a bit less.Class A which is the top price is short heavy which is steel under 5ft long.

It's a bugger for me if aluminium is equally effected. Having just bought a flamefast furnace I thought that knackered K series engines could be a good source of scrap!

Charles

If I can't get the bloody Vauxhall through its MOT before I deliver said furnace, you can make me an offer on 5 ally wheels plus a 2.5l V6 ally engine and gearbox, delivered :-(

Mark Rand RTFM

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